#242C9D#242C9D

#242C9D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.179 H 271.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242C9D
RGB	rgb(36, 44, 157)
HSL	hsl(236, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(236, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.1%, 72%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.59, 37.18, -61.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.59, 72.10, 301.04°)
OKLab	oklab(37.4% 0.003 -0.1788)
OKLCH	oklch(37.4% 0.179 271)
XYZ	xyz(7.7120, 4.6099, 32.3751)
Luminance	0.0461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242C9D #9D9524

analogous

#24689D #242C9D #58249D

triadic

#242C9D #9D242C #2C9D24

tetradic

#242C9D #9D2468 #9D9524 #249D58

square

#242C9D #9D2468 #9D9524 #249D58

split-complementary

#242C9D #9D5824 #689D24

monochromatic

#0D1039 #191E6B #242C9D #2F3ACF #6169DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.92

#242C9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#242C9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242C9D

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242C9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242C9D	1.00	10.92	1.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	10.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00379B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004C61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242c9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 44, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.179 271.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7466bb',
    500: '#242c9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242c9d;
$custom-light: #7466bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242c9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.033,
    "s": 62.694,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37396,
    "c": 0.17886,
    "h": 271
  },
  "luminance": 0.04611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242C9D

secondary

#C0B95D

accent

#DB42E6

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #242C9D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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